- Neguse: $75,000. and one of AIPAC's top beneficiaries, Rep. Wesley Bell (D, #MO01), received $468,000 from January–June from AIPAC's PAC. More on AIPAC's rising PAC contributions to Congress:.

House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said last night at a Quaker event, "Whether that is stopping the starvation, and genocide, and destruction of Gaza. ". Other Dem leadership have received from AIPAC's PAC this year:. - Jeffries: $250,000.- Aguilar: $203,000.- Lieu: $200,000.

DNC Chair Ken Martin aims to curb corporate and dark money in Democratic primaries. We took a look at what's in the proposal—and the ways it will have to contend with Big Money's playbook.

NEW: A proposal from DNC Chair Ken Martin targets dark money and unlimited corporate spending in 2028 Democratic primaries, aiming for "real, enforceable steps" focused on the presidential primary. Sludge obtained a copy:.

NEW: Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), who sits on a congressional subcommittee overseeing the crypto market, voted for crypto-friendly bills this summer while secretly holding tens of thousands of dollars in stock tied to Bitcoin’s price.

". not only securing the essential military support, but the political support to block any efforts for a ceasefire at the U.N. Security Council—is exactly why he may find himself in the docket at the ICC," said Sarah Leah Whitson of DAWN. Free story:.

“It’s pretty astonishing that the Center for American Progress has chosen Secretary Blinken for this leadership position given his well-documented role in aiding and abetting genocide and war crimes in Gaza,” said Sarah Leah Whitson of @DAWNmenaorg.

RT @alexjordanATL: “For an institution so closely aligned with the Democratic Party, there needs to be some recognition that the policies v….

Antony Blinken, who contradicted two U.S. government bodies in approving billions of dollars in weapons for Israel over U.S. humanitarian laws, quietly joined the board of the Democratic Party-aligned Center for American Progress.

"For CAP, an institution so closely aligned with the Democratic Party, there needs to be some recognition that the policies vis-à-vis Israel and Gaza were—and are—becoming even more deeply unpopular with the Democratic Party’s base.". Full story:.

“This doesn’t exactly send the most progressive message about where the Center for American Progress is looking in its foreign policy vision,” said @EliClifton. “The Biden administration used no leverage against Netanyahu in what is clearly turning into an outright genocide. "

NEW: Antony Blinken quietly joined the board of the Center for American Progress. Last year, Blinken rejected two government bodies and certified to Congress that Israel was not blocking humanitarian aid, enabling billions of dollars in weapons to flow.

ICYMI: The crypto industry spent a record high on lobbying in the first half of the year, lining up wins on major deregulatory bills. We tallied up the more than $18.4 million by Coinbase and allies:.

The DSCC took bundled donations from a "Top Hired Gun" and "Top Corporate Lobbyist" who was hired by Intuit in its push to kill the IRS Direct File program.

The DSCC received six figures in bundled donations from lobbyists for crypto investors Andreessen Horowitz. Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to advance the GENIUS Act, the major stablecoin bill pushed by a16z and the crypto industry.

NEW: Senate Democrats' campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new filing.

RT @donnydonny: This summer, while he was helping Republicans deregulate crypto, House Democrat Cleo Fields was investing in an Ethereum in….

NEW: House Democrat Cleo Fields bought stock in an Ethereum investment firm and tech companies expanding into stablecoins while voting for the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts to deregulate crypto.

Pipeline firm Energy Transfer and its billionaire CEO Kelcy Warren gave $25 million to Trump's super PAC. The Trump admin has rescinded methane leak regulations, expedited fossil fuel permitting, and more, implementing the industry's lobbying wishlist.

Crypto companies and investors like Andreessen Horowitz gave more than $42 million to Trump's super PAC as he expanded his crypto business ventures and took a sequence of actions promoting digital assets.